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Hoops need win tonight
Sports, page 20
USC area needs redevelopment
Viewpoint, page 4
Africano art worth look
Life / Arts, page 10
trojan
Volume CXIV, Number 28
University of Southern California
Thursday, February 21, 1991
Nose for news
______?.
Robert Menaslan / Dally 1ro|an
Brandon Gauthier, a senior pre-med student, took a break from his busy schedule Wednesday afternoon to catch up on the latest news events and relax in the warm sunshine of Alumni Park in front of Doheny Library.
University braces for cutback in water usage
By Alexandra Matisoff
Staff Writer
With mandatory city water rationing less than a month away, the campus is bracing for a mandatory 10-percent cutback in water usage across the university.
Beginning March 1, campus facilities and residence halls must comply with a 10-percent cutback from 1986 levels, and another 5-percent cutback by May 1, Department of Water and Power officials said Wednesday.
"We've been in contact with the DWP all along," said Jim Peralta, director of university landscaping and irrigation. "We know that by March 1, we will have a 10-percent cutback (in water usage) all across campus."
Peralta said the university's automatic water monitoring devices, which can be programmed to cut use by any percentage, will be programmed to carry out the 10-percent reduction.
The areas using the most water on campus are
(See Water, page 13)
USC student interviewed on CNN show
The president of the Trojan College Republicans, Tim Buie, was interviewed Wednesday about the Persian Gulf War by Cable News Network in a satellite hook-up with students from three other colleges.
The interview was taped at the CNN studio on Sunset Boulevard after a pre-interview was done over the phone from Atlanta, Buie said.
CNN's Washington correspondent, Sonya Friedman, questioned Buie on his opinions of the draft, the possibility of a cease fire, the chance of a U.S. ground invasion of Iraq and the newly announced presidential energy strategy.
"I was very nervous at the begin ning, but thinking back on it, it went very well," Buie said. "This was great opportunity, as a college student, to be interviewed by CNN."
The Trojan College Republicans is a campus organi~.,lion that focuses on voter registration.
(See War, page 12)
Student dies in holiday car crash
Key Largo accident on Valentine’s Day involves one car; four deaths reported
By Chris Fukunaga
Staff Writer
A university student vacationing in Key Largo, Fla., last week died in a car crash on Valentine's Day, university security officials said.
Emily Wells Christopher, 19, a freshman majoring in anthropology, was killed Thursday along with three other passengers when a car she was in hit an embankment, Florida State Police said.
Sgt. John Lewis of University Security said the university was told by state police that Christopher and three friends
were in Key Largo driving a Porsche in a rural area about 100 mph.
The driver lost control of the car and hit the embankment, Lewis said. He said he did not know if Christopher was driving.
The car flipped in mid-air, hit a tree and was engulfed in flames, killing all four passengers, Lewis said.
The three other passengers, one woman and two men, have not been identified.
Shari Thorell, vice president of alumni relations, said Christopher had gone to Florida on vacation with a friend.
Christopher worked for Thorell in the
Alumni Affairs Office, and Thorell said she knew Christopher before she came to the university, recruiting her as a student more than a year ago.
"Emily's death on Valentine's Day was really ironic," she said. "She had been working on a project of designing valentine cards to send out to alumni from the university. It was a big project she had been working on and had just finished before she was killed."
Christopher, originally from Connecticut, lived in San Marino.
Funeral services will be held Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. at Rose Hills.
Christopher is survived by her parents, Bill and Nancy, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Christopher, both university alumni.
Apathy reigns at debate
Senate Greek candidate forum draws no spectators
By Arwen Adams
Staff Writer
The Student Senate candidates for the Greek constituency held an open-fomm debate Wednesday night at the Greek Honors House, but only the candidates and a moderator attended.
There are nine candidates for Greek senator. Brad Cain, the only sophomore running, is a double major in political science and public relations.
The other candidates, all juniors, are: Stu Stitch, majoring in chemical engineering and political science; Paul Jordan, majoring in real estate finance;
Kevin Ponti, majoring in business administration; Heidi Seigel, majoring in political science and international relations; John Lyons, majoring in economics; and Gwyn Hampton, David Westra and Robert Cohen, all majoring in business entrepreneurship.
Lyons did not attend Wednesday's debate due to a conflicting class schedule.
The eight candidates present were asked three questions in the half-hour session.
All candidates agreed that communication, not only within the Greek
system, but also between Greeks and non-Greeks, was a big problem. Westra suggested setting up a message board in a well-trafficked area where all Greek students would be sure to ^ee the latest information posted.
Another problem discussed was apathy within the Greek system. Cain said the way to begin dealing with the problem "is by setting an example and showing some initiative."
Cain also said he thought there should be more unity between fraternities and sororities.
(See Senate, page 12)

Hoops need win tonight
Sports, page 20
USC area needs redevelopment
Viewpoint, page 4
Africano art worth look
Life / Arts, page 10
trojan
Volume CXIV, Number 28
University of Southern California
Thursday, February 21, 1991
Nose for news
______?.
Robert Menaslan / Dally 1ro|an
Brandon Gauthier, a senior pre-med student, took a break from his busy schedule Wednesday afternoon to catch up on the latest news events and relax in the warm sunshine of Alumni Park in front of Doheny Library.
University braces for cutback in water usage
By Alexandra Matisoff
Staff Writer
With mandatory city water rationing less than a month away, the campus is bracing for a mandatory 10-percent cutback in water usage across the university.
Beginning March 1, campus facilities and residence halls must comply with a 10-percent cutback from 1986 levels, and another 5-percent cutback by May 1, Department of Water and Power officials said Wednesday.
"We've been in contact with the DWP all along," said Jim Peralta, director of university landscaping and irrigation. "We know that by March 1, we will have a 10-percent cutback (in water usage) all across campus."
Peralta said the university's automatic water monitoring devices, which can be programmed to cut use by any percentage, will be programmed to carry out the 10-percent reduction.
The areas using the most water on campus are
(See Water, page 13)
USC student interviewed on CNN show
The president of the Trojan College Republicans, Tim Buie, was interviewed Wednesday about the Persian Gulf War by Cable News Network in a satellite hook-up with students from three other colleges.
The interview was taped at the CNN studio on Sunset Boulevard after a pre-interview was done over the phone from Atlanta, Buie said.
CNN's Washington correspondent, Sonya Friedman, questioned Buie on his opinions of the draft, the possibility of a cease fire, the chance of a U.S. ground invasion of Iraq and the newly announced presidential energy strategy.
"I was very nervous at the begin ning, but thinking back on it, it went very well," Buie said. "This was great opportunity, as a college student, to be interviewed by CNN."
The Trojan College Republicans is a campus organi~.,lion that focuses on voter registration.
(See War, page 12)
Student dies in holiday car crash
Key Largo accident on Valentine’s Day involves one car; four deaths reported
By Chris Fukunaga
Staff Writer
A university student vacationing in Key Largo, Fla., last week died in a car crash on Valentine's Day, university security officials said.
Emily Wells Christopher, 19, a freshman majoring in anthropology, was killed Thursday along with three other passengers when a car she was in hit an embankment, Florida State Police said.
Sgt. John Lewis of University Security said the university was told by state police that Christopher and three friends
were in Key Largo driving a Porsche in a rural area about 100 mph.
The driver lost control of the car and hit the embankment, Lewis said. He said he did not know if Christopher was driving.
The car flipped in mid-air, hit a tree and was engulfed in flames, killing all four passengers, Lewis said.
The three other passengers, one woman and two men, have not been identified.
Shari Thorell, vice president of alumni relations, said Christopher had gone to Florida on vacation with a friend.
Christopher worked for Thorell in the
Alumni Affairs Office, and Thorell said she knew Christopher before she came to the university, recruiting her as a student more than a year ago.
"Emily's death on Valentine's Day was really ironic," she said. "She had been working on a project of designing valentine cards to send out to alumni from the university. It was a big project she had been working on and had just finished before she was killed."
Christopher, originally from Connecticut, lived in San Marino.
Funeral services will be held Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. at Rose Hills.
Christopher is survived by her parents, Bill and Nancy, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Christopher, both university alumni.
Apathy reigns at debate
Senate Greek candidate forum draws no spectators
By Arwen Adams
Staff Writer
The Student Senate candidates for the Greek constituency held an open-fomm debate Wednesday night at the Greek Honors House, but only the candidates and a moderator attended.
There are nine candidates for Greek senator. Brad Cain, the only sophomore running, is a double major in political science and public relations.
The other candidates, all juniors, are: Stu Stitch, majoring in chemical engineering and political science; Paul Jordan, majoring in real estate finance;
Kevin Ponti, majoring in business administration; Heidi Seigel, majoring in political science and international relations; John Lyons, majoring in economics; and Gwyn Hampton, David Westra and Robert Cohen, all majoring in business entrepreneurship.
Lyons did not attend Wednesday's debate due to a conflicting class schedule.
The eight candidates present were asked three questions in the half-hour session.
All candidates agreed that communication, not only within the Greek
system, but also between Greeks and non-Greeks, was a big problem. Westra suggested setting up a message board in a well-trafficked area where all Greek students would be sure to ^ee the latest information posted.
Another problem discussed was apathy within the Greek system. Cain said the way to begin dealing with the problem "is by setting an example and showing some initiative."
Cain also said he thought there should be more unity between fraternities and sororities.
(See Senate, page 12)